Released February 2019 SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW Over the past several years, Big Finish has mastered the hour-long storytelling format that the modern television series instilled into the public consciousness, providing streamlined glimpses into every era of Doctor Who without necessarily sacrificing anything that makes each one so unique. However, 2017 marked the first year that […]
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Released July 2008 The Companion Chronicles through its first eight releases proved just how easily the early eras of Doctor Who could transition to the audio medium even with a limited cast and time allotment, focusing on character and atmosphere without sacrificing any imagination in these very polished affairs. Beginning the third series in what […]
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Released January 2008 The second collection of The Companion Chronicles draws to a close with Nigel Fairs’s ‘The Catalyst,’ allowing Louise Jameson who had previously reprised the role of a more mature Leela in Big Finish’s Gallifrey range to once more explore her famed character alongside the Fourth Doctor. Season fourteen was arguably the darkest […]
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Released February 2019 SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW Among the impressive story arcs and character work that abounded during Peter Capaldi’s tenure as the Twelfth Doctor, perhaps no character consistently commanded attention quite so much as Michelle Gomez’s oft-appearing but never-predictable Missy. Quite rightly, Big Finish has capitalised on the opportunity to further develop the mysterious lifestyle […]
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Released December 2007 Though Jamie McCrimmon who featured in the preceding ‘Helicon Prime’ became one of the most enduring companions of early Doctor Who, it’s hard to think of a supporting character who has had such a lasting impact on the franchise and the Doctor himself quite so much as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart both […]
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Released November 2007 Jamie McCimmon is quite rightfully one of the most beloved characters in all of Doctor Whohistory, that steadfast companion of the Second Doctor who left his side only when the Time Lords themselves saw it necessary as part of the Doctor’s sentence for interfering in space and time. ‘Helicon Prime’ by Jake […]
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Released January 2019 SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW The First Doctor era of classic Doctor Who is unquestionably the most experimental and brave both stylistically and narratively, exploring the potential ramifications of dimensions and time with surprising and high-concept tales that complemented the historical outings perfectly and still resonate to this day. In this grand tradition, Guy […]
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Released January 2019 SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW Big Finish’s reimagination of the First Doctor era with stars David Bradley, Jamie Glover, Jemma Powell, and Claudia Grant has instantly become one of the company’s more fascinating offerings, perfectly recapturing the tone and spirit of the 1960s serials while also incorporating a modern element that boldly celebrates the […]
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Released October 2007 Following a string of tales that sequentially explored a time within each of the Doctor’s first four incarnations during the first series of The Companion Chronicles, Big Finish begins afresh with another look at the First Doctor’s era to begin its second series with Peter Purves reprising his role as Steven Taylor […]
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Released January 2007 Rounding out the first series of The Companion Chronicles, ‘The Beautiful People’ by Jonathan Morris revisits the Fourth Doctor era as Romana, K9, and he land at the Vita Novus Health Spa that offers renowned respite from the stresses of life in the thirty-second century and guaranteed weight loss therapy that leaves […]
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A very slow story with a decent, if well, well-worn idea of a hidden alien menace using the emotions of…
Better than Forty 1, but drab, dull, boring and perhaps the most continuity heavy story BF have ever done. Plus,…
Now this is more like it. At first sight, another Dalek story is the last thing we need from WHO,…
This is the set that has finally ended my interest in Big Finish. it is so boring, so slow and…
Agreed. This is terrible, an insult to BF fans.
